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Lin Crase, Bethany Cooper and Michael Burton
In this paper, we consider the process of transition from an equitable distribution of water to support semi-subsistence outcomes to market-oriented agriculture. We examine the stresses placed on water institutions as farmers adjust production to become ...
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Yan Chen, Yuhan Yan and Tingju Zhu
Water market development in the Yellow River Basin (YRB) unfolds new opportunities for alleviating water scarcity and improving water productivity. However, the further development of an effective water market in the basin faces challenges such as unclea...
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Drago? Moraru, Ersilia Alexa, Ileana Cocan, Diana Obi?tioiu, Isidora Radulov, Eliza Simiz, Adina Berbecea, Adrian Grozea, Monica Dragomirescu, Teodor Vintila and Silvia Patruica
Bee products have a millennia-old tradition in human apitherapy, thanks to their numerous curative properties. The aim of this study was to perform a physicochemical characterization, including the percentage of water content, dry matter, pH, acidity, im...
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Eufrozina Albu, Ancuta Elena Prisacaru, Cristina Ghinea, Florin Ursachi and Laura Carmen Apostol
Ready-to-use vegetable salads are minimally processed products, rich in antioxidants, but are associated with a high microbiological risk and possibly, in some cases, with a high content of nitrites. The purpose of this study was to investigate the physi...
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Lotte de Jong, Gert Jan Veldwisch, Lieke Anna Melsen and Rutgerd Boelens
In the field of climate change adaptation, the future matters. River futures influence the way adaptation projects are implemented in rivers. In this paper, we challenge the ways in which dominant paradigms and expert claims monopolise the truth concerni...
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Kristian Balzer and David Watts
Modern electrical power systems integrate renewable generation, with solar generation being one of the pioneers worldwide. In Latin America, the greatest potential and development of solar generation is found in Chile through the National Electric System...
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Wei Jiang and Rainer Marggraf
Freshwater is fundamental for all aspects of human well-being and sustainable development. The supply of freshwater resource largely depends on the natural water cycle, leading to extremely unequal distribution over the world. This uneven distribution an...
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Ana M. Antão-Geraldes, Matheus Pinto, Maria João Afonso, António Albuquerque, Cristina Sousa Coutinho Calheiros and Flora Silva
This study aimed to determine the water demand of a Municipal Market building to propose water use efficiency measures. The flushing cisterns have the highest water consumption (63.15%), followed by washbasins, restaurant and coffee shop taps, and hairdr...
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Katerina Mácová and Zuzana Kozáková
Contrary to the other functions of multi-purpose reservoirs, recreational use is not associated with a tangible social value, which hinders the search for new balances among optimal uses of water that will likely be needed under climate change. The objec...
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Vincenzo Rusciano, Myriam Ruberto, Silvia Baralla, Nunzia Gabriella Fasolino, Emilia Pellegrini and Raffaella Zucaro
Wetlands have a fundamental role in the maintenance and development of the global ecosystem and human health. Assessing the value of Ecosystem Services (ES) that wetlands provide is strictly related to environmental, economic, and social sustainability. ...
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